Re: Rorary 4th axis et al..

Bill,

It's called Boeing Surplus. Keep looking you'll find it there. For
instance, just today I saw a couple of brand new Lintech linear
slides complete with a nema motor mount. Add stepper/servo and ball
screw and you've got a high precision axis.

Doug

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Bill Vance <ccq@x> wrote:

(snip)

> Interesting; I have a better idea of what goes on there now. My
question
> though, still has to do with just where does one find machine
parts, such that
> one can put a machine together without having to re-engineer the
whole world.
> I'm minded of the old Johnny Cash song about the auto worker who
stole a part
> a day until he could build a whole brand new car, (That looked like
an entire
> auto wrecking yard). :-)
>
> Anyhow, The idea here, is to find what things are available that
can be cobbled
> together from available parts replacement/surplus bins etc. For
instance, if
> one could find a good spindle, motor, and the head that holds them
all together,
> one could bolt it onto a z axis mechanism, and not have to create
it all from
> scratch. I guess what I'm looking for here, is the machinists
equivalent to
> the local auto wrecking yard. That would be the
Tacoma/Seattle/Bellevue/
> Everret area for me, but web based companies from elsewhere might
do as well.
>
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